T. THOMAS FORTUNE LECTURE SERIES with Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Please join us for a luncheon benefiting the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center with guest keynote speaker Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad. Dr. Muhammad’s address will be followed by the 3 PM matinee performance of Two Sisters and a Piano, by Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright Nilo Cruz, a play about revolution, art and dreams. Doors will open at 11:30 am. A donation of $100 gives patrons access to the luncheon, lecture and matinee performance. A donation of $50 gives patrons access to the lecture and luncheon only.
ABOUT DR. MUHAMMAD
Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad is the former executive director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York. He is currently the Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at the Kennedy School at Harvard University. Dr. Muhammad’s work is broad in its examination of racism and criminal justice, economic inequality and democracy in United States history. He is the author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America. His writings have appeared in national print and broadcast media and in Ava DuVernay’s Oscar-nominated documentary 13th.
TWO SISTERS AND A PIANO
Elephant Shoes
Cy is a deaf tech developer who is brilliant at finding the words for everything, except the ones that matter most. So when his best friend Chris falls for Roxy, Cy does what comes naturally: he becomes the voice behind every message, every perfect line, every moment that makes Roxy fall harder. The only problem? Cy is falling too. In a world built on instant translation, the hardest words are still the ones you have to say for yourself. Elephant Shoes asks what you do when the most important thing you've ever said isn't yours to say.